On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History ...Chapman & Hall, 1897 - 255 pages |
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... ; Shakspeare 78 LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST . Luther ; Reformation : Knox ; Puritanism LECTURE V THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS . Johnson , Rousseau , Burns 435921 a 2 115 154 LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING . Cromwell , Napoleon.
... ; Shakspeare 78 LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST . Luther ; Reformation : Knox ; Puritanism LECTURE V THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS . Johnson , Rousseau , Burns 435921 a 2 115 154 LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING . Cromwell , Napoleon.
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... Luther , to say nothing of later worthies , has an almost ludicrous effect . ' The Hero as Divinity - Hercules ' would have been scarcely more grotesque . The first lecture , therefore , suffers unavoidably and grievously from its ...
... Luther , to say nothing of later worthies , has an almost ludicrous effect . ' The Hero as Divinity - Hercules ' would have been scarcely more grotesque . The first lecture , therefore , suffers unavoidably and grievously from its ...
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... Luther , Cromwell and Napoleon , are examples of the first variety , Johnson of the second , Rousseau and , still more distinctly , Burns of the third . Indeed , the presence of the last in this particular company is as mysterious , as ...
... Luther , Cromwell and Napoleon , are examples of the first variety , Johnson of the second , Rousseau and , still more distinctly , Burns of the third . Indeed , the presence of the last in this particular company is as mysterious , as ...
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... Luther for example , they begin to what they call account ' for him ; not to worship him , but take the dimensions of him , and bring him out to be a little kind of man ! He was the creature of the Time , ' they say ; the Time called ...
... Luther for example , they begin to what they call account ' for him ; not to worship him , but take the dimensions of him , and bring him out to be a little kind of man ! He was the creature of the Time , ' they say ; the Time called ...
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... Luther , for a Napoleon too . It lies at the basis this for every such man ; it is the woof out of which his whole system of thought is The Valkyrs ; and then that these Choosers lead the brave to a heavenly Hall of Odin ; only the base ...
... Luther , for a Napoleon too . It lies at the basis this for every such man ; it is the woof out of which his whole system of thought is The Valkyrs ; and then that these Choosers lead the brave to a heavenly Hall of Odin ; only the base ...
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